In spite of the importance of sound design process, you can literally find it in every film or TV production, it is still unknown for many people, or even know it as only music effects in the background!

Sound design process

Sound design process is simply recording, acquiring, manipulating, or creating audio elements. It is used in many specialties like filmmaking, television series or shows, theatre, voice-over recording, and even video games software, however, they all use this process for one aim to make the scene even more realistic and believable and make the audience feels every little detail.

Briefly. The sound design process is the re-creation of any sound that exists in nature around us, whether it was originally in nature or is manufactured.

Elements of Sound design

Mostly, the sound design process is based on several elements that differ according to the type of work and the vision of the director. However, there are four basic elements you can find them in any work with the sound design process:

Synthesis:

The process of creating and generating sound using electronic instruments or software. Synthesis is usually what comes first in people’s minds when they think ‘sound design’, but in fact, it is much broader than that.

Recording:

The process of capturing acoustic sounds. These sounds are usually for a specific effect to create a suitable ambiance for the scene like foley effect and are usually processed at editing and mixing steps.

Sampling:

The process of using existing sound to create a new one. Here is how you are might use your library samples of effects as raw material for your own sounds.

Manipulating:

The process of taking any sound from a source and processing it to convert it.  you can carry out Manipulating on synthesized, recorded or sampled sounds.

Sound designer responsibilities:

1. The Sound Designer job starts with reading the script and meets with the Director in order to discuss the sound design process with him as the director may have some specific requests.
2. One of the responsibilities of the sound designer too is setting up any sound equipment that may be needed.
3. Be familiar with safe operating procedures of working with sound equipment.
4. Keep the audio department area clean and organized.
5. Making his own previous mental map by creating a script breakdown that highlights the types of sound effects that he actually going to use.
6. Create and maintain the quality of audio assets.
7. The most important matter, Sound Designers have to realize the great power of sound to aid the storytelling process, to transport an audience directly into the script and the performance.

Here you can find more about the role of sound design and the sound designer responsibilities

What skills do you need to be a sound designer?

• The ability to communicate with the rest of the team is very essential.
• Knowledge of sound recording programs such as Pro Tools, Logic, GarageBand, and QLab.
• If you want to be a sound designer, you should be familiar with as many types of music as you can. Also, it’s really important to create your own library by collecting any available sound effect.
• He/she has to be collaborative, creative, flexible with opinions and feedback, multi-tasker, and of course, have a good ear.
• Editing various tracks at the same time.
• Purchase, Operate, maintain, and install all studio sound equipment.
• Record, edit, and mix voice-overs.

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